*&(ked up transmission/clutch - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

summitss/rsls3 · 01-30-2010, 07:22 PM

well i think the trans or clutch or both are screwed. To start off i missed a shift from 2nd to 3rd and it went into 1st. I dont see how that should even be possible but it did. after it happened it was really hard to get into any gear but 4th, even at a stop. i finally got the car moving and into first. thing is now 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear really make noise and are really hard to get into. once moving 4th, 5th and 6th aren't that noisy but you can still hear something going on in there. also when this happened the cab filled with the smell of clutch smoke. Guess its back to the dealer to see what kinda *%ckin i can get. im sure it'll be the same ol story "abuse". What do you all think?

Waco · 01-30-2010, 08:11 PM

Same ol story? sounds like you've been there before...haha. I believe if you just bring it in and say the tranny sounds funny they'll take a look and fix it without any problem. Good luck with it.

summitss/rsls3 · 01-30-2010, 08:26 PM

no i've never had to do any warranty work before but i can just hear it. you bought a sports car so you're suppose to drive it to church not like its supposed to be.

drtwo · 01-30-2010, 08:36 PM

Sounds like you did abuse it...

summitss/rsls3 · 01-30-2010, 08:38 PM

yeah if driving it like ur suppose to is abuse then i guess i did. Only thing is i've had a 95 z-28, a 99 cobra, and an 03 cobra that was plenty modified and none of them ever had an issue like this after a missed gear. i guess im the only person that has ever missed a gear in anything.

hb35man · 01-30-2010, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drtwo

Sounds like you did abuse it...

I'll have to agree.......operator error..,sorry.

summitss/rsls3 · 01-30-2010, 08:59 PM

bottom line is i didnt buy the top of the line V-8 6 speed car to have it go to crap. All im looking for is possible input of what may have happened, besides that fact that i missed a gear and it was "driver error".

Dutchman427 · 01-30-2010, 09:39 PM

Missing a gear happens to the best of us, I do not care what anybody says. You buy theses cars to bang gears. Take it to the dealer. You shouldnt have a problem. Especially if you are a good customer of theirs.

summitss/rsls3 · 01-30-2010, 09:50 PM

thats kinda what i wanted to hear, im glad there are other people out there that can admit that they've missed a gear. if you havent you haven't driven a sports car to its full potential. And considering my brother used to work at the dealership i got it from and still stops in weekly to BS with the techs im hoping that i dont have a problem with warranty. Thanks guys!

Dutchman427 · 01-30-2010, 10:03 PM

I just think it is funny to see some guys come on here and bash you for missing a gear. This means they probably have a Corvette mindset and do not take their Camaro above 4 grand.

vuduman67 · 01-30-2010, 10:03 PM

My clutch blew apart while on the highway going from 5th to 6th apparently when it schredded it took the tranny with it. Gm replaced everything including the clutch,trans ,slave cyclinder,flywheel,throwout bearing and a bunch of other stuff I never heard of. GM asked the dealer if there were signs of abuse and the dealer said no. Which there were not. No tire roasting on my part. I did and do drive it hard but never did a huge tire smokin burn out so no rubber in my wheel wells

Bad part is it took almost a month to get repaired and I was stuck driving a stripped cobalt.

But it was warrentied and that is what mattered to me!

Dutchman427 · 01-30-2010, 10:19 PM

ahhh shit...even if their is signs of abuse, the dealer could possibly goodwill the work under warranty. I have seen it been done. The s/c Cobalt SS is a perfect example. I saw a lot of them come into the dealership I worked at before we lost the franchise back in OCT of 09. ****ing kids thought those cars had an M22 Rock Crusher in them.

summitss/rsls3 · 01-30-2010, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutchman427

ahhh shit...even if their is signs of abuse, the dealer could possibly goodwill the work under warranty. I have seen it been done. The s/c Cobalt SS is a perfect example. I saw a lot of them come into the dealership I worked at before we lost the franchise back in OCT of 09. ****ing kids thought those cars had an M22 Rock Crusher in them.

this is one of the funniest things i've heard in a while, but its true.

summitss/rsls3 · 01-30-2010, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vuduman67

My clutch blew apart while on the highway going from 5th to 6th apparently when it schredded it took the tranny with it. Gm replaced everything including the clutch,trans ,slave cyclinder,flywheel,throwout bearing and a bunch of other stuff I never heard of. GM asked the dealer if there were signs of abuse and the dealer said no. Which there were not. No tire roasting on my part. I did and do drive it hard but never did a huge tire smokin burn out so no rubber in my wheel wells

Bad part is it took almost a month to get repaired and I was stuck driving a stripped cobalt.

But it was warrentied and that is what mattered to me!

well im glad to see that they atleast treated u right by fixing it all instead of scabbing it back together just to have the same problem come up later on. i personally think that all trans related problems with these cars are clutch related. and it all stems from there wonderful hydraulic slave problem that they have had with everything from the corvette to the GTOs, and now it gets passed down to us camaro owners.

01-30-2010, 07:22 PM	#1
summitss/rsls3 Drives: summit white/IOM ss/rs ls3 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Grand Island, Ne Posts: 556	&(ked up transmission/clutch well i think the trans or clutch or both are screwed. To start off i missed a shift from 2nd to 3rd and it went into 1st. I dont see how that should even be possible but it did. after it happened it was really hard to get into any gear but 4th, even at a stop. i finally got the car moving and into first. thing is now 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear really make noise and are really hard to get into. once moving 4th, 5th and 6th aren't that noisy but you can still hear something going on in there. also when this happened the cab filled with the smell of clutch smoke. Guess its back to the dealer to see what kinda %ckin i can get. im sure it'll be the same ol story "abuse". What do you all think?

01-30-2010, 08:36 PM	#4
drtwo Drives: 2SS RS Yellow, Raptor, Vrod Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Dakota Posts: 599 View My Garage	Sounds like you did abuse it... __________________ 2SS RS Rally Yellow, LS3, M6, sunroof, extra on the fast!

01-30-2010, 09:39 PM	#8
Dutchman427 Drives: 2012 ZL1 #1329 M6 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 1,040	Missing a gear happens to the best of us, I do not care what anybody says. You buy theses cars to bang gears. Take it to the dealer. You shouldnt have a problem. Especially if you are a good customer of theirs. __________________ 2012 Camaro ZL1 #1329 M6 Summit White Built by Mike @ Rapid Motorsports 784rwhp 757 rwtq on 93 Octane ET - 10.97 @ 128 Heads-Blower-Snout-TB ported & prepared by Jeremy Formato of FasterProms http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=395950 Rapid Motorsports 396ci Build https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showt...1#post10321301 10.832 @ 130.99

01-30-2010, 10:03 PM	#10
Dutchman427 Drives: 2012 ZL1 #1329 M6 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 1,040	I just think it is funny to see some guys come on here and bash you for missing a gear. This means they probably have a Corvette mindset and do not take their Camaro above 4 grand. __________________ 2012 Camaro ZL1 #1329 M6 Summit White Built by Mike @ Rapid Motorsports 784rwhp 757 rwtq on 93 Octane ET - 10.97 @ 128 Heads-Blower-Snout-TB ported & prepared by Jeremy Formato of FasterProms http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=395950 Rapid Motorsports 396ci Build https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showt...1#post10321301 10.832 @ 130.99

01-30-2010, 10:19 PM	#12
Dutchman427 Drives: 2012 ZL1 #1329 M6 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 1,040	ahhh shit...even if their is signs of abuse, the dealer could possibly goodwill the work under warranty. I have seen it been done. The s/c Cobalt SS is a perfect example. I saw a lot of them come into the dealership I worked at before we lost the franchise back in OCT of 09. ****ing kids thought those cars had an M22 Rock Crusher in them. __________________ 2012 Camaro ZL1 #1329 M6 Summit White Built by Mike @ Rapid Motorsports 784rwhp 757 rwtq on 93 Octane ET - 10.97 @ 128 Heads-Blower-Snout-TB ported & prepared by Jeremy Formato of FasterProms http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=395950 Rapid Motorsports 396ci Build https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showt...1#post10321301 10.832 @ 130.99

01-30-2010, 08:11 PM	#2
Waco Layla Drives: '10 2SS/RS, LS3, CGM/IO Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Newport, RI Posts: 345	Same ol story? sounds like you've been there before...haha. I believe if you just bring it in and say the tranny sounds funny they'll take a look and fix it without any problem. Good luck with it.

01-30-2010, 08:26 PM	#3
summitss/rsls3 Drives: summit white/IOM ss/rs ls3 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Grand Island, Ne Posts: 556	no i've never had to do any warranty work before but i can just hear it. you bought a sports car so you're suppose to drive it to church not like its supposed to be.

01-30-2010, 08:38 PM	#5
summitss/rsls3 Drives: summit white/IOM ss/rs ls3 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Grand Island, Ne Posts: 556	yeah if driving it like ur suppose to is abuse then i guess i did. Only thing is i've had a 95 z-28, a 99 cobra, and an 03 cobra that was plenty modified and none of them ever had an issue like this after a missed gear. i guess im the only person that has ever missed a gear in anything.

01-30-2010, 08:59 PM	#7
summitss/rsls3 Drives: summit white/IOM ss/rs ls3 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Grand Island, Ne Posts: 556	bottom line is i didnt buy the top of the line V-8 6 speed car to have it go to crap. All im looking for is possible input of what may have happened, besides that fact that i missed a gear and it was "driver error".

01-30-2010, 09:50 PM	#9
summitss/rsls3 Drives: summit white/IOM ss/rs ls3 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Grand Island, Ne Posts: 556	thats kinda what i wanted to hear, im glad there are other people out there that can admit that they've missed a gear. if you havent you haven't driven a sports car to its full potential. And considering my brother used to work at the dealership i got it from and still stops in weekly to BS with the techs im hoping that i dont have a problem with warranty. Thanks guys!

01-30-2010, 10:03 PM	#11
vuduman67 Drives: Victory Red 2SS/RS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Highland, IN Posts: 330	My clutch blew apart while on the highway going from 5th to 6th apparently when it schredded it took the tranny with it. Gm replaced everything including the clutch,trans ,slave cyclinder,flywheel,throwout bearing and a bunch of other stuff I never heard of. GM asked the dealer if there were signs of abuse and the dealer said no. Which there were not. No tire roasting on my part. I did and do drive it hard but never did a huge tire smokin burn out so no rubber in my wheel wells Bad part is it took almost a month to get repaired and I was stuck driving a stripped cobalt. But it was warrentied and that is what mattered to me!